mantis shrimp
Mantis shrimp, or stomatopods, are carnivorous marine crustaceans of the order Stomatopoda (). Stomatopods branched off from other members of the class Malacostraca around 340 million years ago. Mantis shrimp typically grow to around in lengt ...
, the only family in the
superfamily
SUPERFAMILY is a database and search platform of structural and functional annotation for all proteins and genomes. It classifies amino acid sequences into known structural domains, especially into SCOP superfamilies. Domains are functional, str ...
Squilloidea. The type genus is ''
Squilla
''Squilla'' is a genus of mantis shrimp. It includes the following species:
*'' Squilla aculeata'' Bigelow, 1893
*'' Squilla biformis'' Bigelow, 1891
*'' Squilla bigelowi'' Schmitt, 1940
*'' Squilla brasiliensis'' Calman, 1917
*'' Squilla caden ...
genera
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclat ...
Clorida
''Clorida'' is a genus of shrimps belonging to the family Squillidae
Squillidae is a family of mantis shrimp, the only family in the superfamily Squilloidea. The type genus is '' Squilla''. It is the stomatopod family with the most genera, ...
Erugosquilla
''Erugosquilla'' is a genus of crustaceans belonging to the family Squillidae
Squillidae is a family of mantis shrimp, the only family in the superfamily Squilloidea. The type genus is '' Squilla''. It is the stomatopod family with the most ...
Squilla
''Squilla'' is a genus of mantis shrimp. It includes the following species:
*'' Squilla aculeata'' Bigelow, 1893
*'' Squilla biformis'' Bigelow, 1891
*'' Squilla bigelowi'' Schmitt, 1940
*'' Squilla brasiliensis'' Calman, 1917
*'' Squilla caden ...